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The Big Smoke Variety Show

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The Big Smoke Variety Show

Kevin Bennett

Behind the Nugget: Neuroaesthetics with Archie McAlpine

July 08, 2026 10:00pm 54 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we take a peek behind the nugget and explore one of your favourite recurring segments: Archie’s Neuro Nuggets. Kevin is joined by Archie McAlpine, whose quick, actionable...

Loo Tour at The Princess Louise & The Strange Brothers: Hey Presto!

July 01, 2026 10:00pm 37 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we throw open the doors to Variety Week and descend from one of London’s most magnificent pub loos into a magical podcast takeover from our favourite apprentice magicians...

More Balls Than Hands: The Art of Juggling with Sean Gandini

June 24, 2026 10:00pm 57 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we step into the fascinating world of juggling — from ancient Egypt and Covent Garden street performance to opera houses, ballet studios, flying apples and the strange be...

Tommy Flowers’ Blue Plaque & Stories You Haven’t Heard: Savitri and Satyavan

June 17, 2026 10:00pm 25 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we throw open the doors to Variety Week and journey from the secrets hiding behind London’s blue plaques to an ancient tale of love, fate and devotion from the forests of...

Why We Should Love Wasps with Seirian Sumner

June 10, 2026 10:00pm 55 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we brave the sting and fly into the surprisingly fascinating world of wasps — from Shakespeare and Aristotle to cockroach hunters, paper architects, picnic pests. We expl...

The Strange Brothers’ Saw Trick & Underground Loos

June 03, 2026 10:00pm 23 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we throw open the doors to Variety Week and descend into the wonderfully strange — from apprentice magicians wrestling with the laws of reality to historic London loos wr...

The Wall Dancers: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet with Yi-Ling Liu

May 27, 2026 10:00pm 1:00

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we log on and step into the complex world of China’s internet, a digital landscape shaped by innovation, censorship, and the ever-shifting boundaries of freedom and contr...

Stories You Haven’t Heard: The Hedley Kow & A Recent Mudlark Find

May 20, 2026 10:00pm 19 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week we wander away from the ordinary and into a world of folklore, hidden histories, and strange things waiting to be found — from shapeshifting spirits in the north of Englan...

The Age of Alchemy with Kit Chapman

May 13, 2026 10:00pm 46 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we strike a match and step into the strange, smoky, and surprisingly human world of alchemy — where fire is sacred, emperors chase immortality, and one man’s glowing urin...

Flush & Fix: London Loos and the Restart Café

May 06, 2026 10:00pm 28 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week we take a rather unexpected journey through the city — from flushing away the everyday to restoring what we might otherwise dump. This episode explores how even the most o...

Gaming for Social Change with Dr Richard Cole

April 29, 2026 10:00pm 55 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week we press start on the world of video games. From ancient history to interactive storytelling, we explore not just what games are, but what they might become — and what the...

Rapid Response Collecting at the V&A Museum

April 15, 2026 10:00pm 1:03

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week we turn our attention to the objects that surround us — the everyday things we carry, discard, and barely notice — and ask what they might reveal about who we are and the ...

The Redemptive Power of Coffee with Matthew Green and Thomas Clare

April 01, 2026 10:00pm 1:12

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we follow the rich and robust story of coffee in London, from smoky 17th-century coffeehouses to the modern-day communities forming around a simple cup. Kevin is joined b...

Spiritual Spring Cleaning at The Actors’ Church with Reverend Simon Grigg

March 18, 2026 11:00pm 52 min

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week we lean into that strange, in-between season — when winter lingers, spring teases, and the city begins to stir once more. From the quiet reflection of Covent Garden’s Acto...

Charlie Chaplin's London with Jacqueline Riding

March 04, 2026 10:00pm 1:21

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week we stroll the hard streets of South London, tracing the world that shaped one of the greatest entertainers of all time, and the music halls that lit up Victorian London. A...

Death, Laughter & Smart Homes with Molly Conisbee

February 18, 2026 10:00pm 1:16

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we step into the ‘undiscovered country’ — and explore the one subject we so often avoid: death. But rather than dwelling in darkness, this episode asks a more vital quest...

Starspotting with Dr Sheila Kanani

February 04, 2026 10:00pm 1:06

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! Tonight, we look up. But also down, and within! This episode is all about the stars — not just what they are, but what they’ve meant to us across time. From ancient myths and shared...

What Music Is with Bill Barclay

January 21, 2026 10:00pm 1:04

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! Tonight, we explore music, movement, and a little misfiring magic — three very different ways humans try to make sense of the world. We begin with music, and a deceptively simple qu...

Christmas Special: ‘An Undigested Bit of Beef…?’

December 17, 2025 10:00pm 1:25

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show Christmas Special, recorded live beneath the West End at The Phoenix Arts Club. Tonight, we gather for an old-fashioned festive tradition: ghost stories at Christmas, games played i...

Human-ish: Justin Gregg on Anthropomorphism

December 03, 2025 10:00pm 1:16

Welcome to The Big Smoke Variety Show! This week, we slip into the strange, funny and quietly revealing world of anthropomorphism — the very human habit of seeing minds, motives and meaning everywhere we look. First, Kev...

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